Shoe-sole.



A. H. PHENZEL.

SHOE SQLE. APPLICATnoN FILEDNuv. 15. 1912.

Pa-ented July 11, 1916,

nnrrED 'STATES PATENT onirica.

AnAM rnnnznr., or HALIFAX. rnnnsritvAnrA. Assenon "ro UNITED snor:

MACHINERY COMPANY, or rArnnsoN, New JERSEY, A oonronafrron or NEW JERSEY.

SHOE-SOLE.

Patented July 11, 1916.

Application filed November 16. 1912. Serial No. 731,893.

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lie it known that l, Aimar Halifax, in the county olf4 Dauphin and State of lcnnsylvania, have invented certain new and useful lnnirovements in Shoe? Soles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the ac coinpanying drawing.

This invention relates to an improved shoe solo.

The Apresent invention relates-more particularly tesay sole intended for. use i'n the manufacture of shoes, the uppers ol which are provided with outwardly turned solo:

attaching portions, and one et' the objects of the' present invention is the provision of' completed. The novel process of` making shoes herein disclosed is not claimed herein but is claimed in my co-pending application Serial No. 731,894, filed of even date herewith, upon which application Letters Patent No. 1,159,083 were granted November 2, 1915, while similarly the novelshoe herein disclosed is not claimed herein but is claimed in my co-pending application Serial No. 731,892, also filed of even date herewith.

In the drawings, wherein a convenient embodiment of the invention is illustrated, and wherein like 'characters of reference reyfer to similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a pers ectiveview of a' shoe sole constructed accor ing to the present .invem tion; Fig. 2 is a cross section through the solo shown in Fig. 1, and, Fig. 3 is a detail section showing thel sole and the parts con jacent the heel portion of the outer sole. VIn

forming the channel in the outer4 sole A the material of the outer sole is so out that ll. lnnnznn, citizen of the United `States, residing' atsaid channel will be provided with an abrupt or substantially vertical kinner shoulder a', and the bottom surface ol said channel will' be inclined downwardly'from the inner edge to the outer edge of the channell Cutting the outer sole4 in this manner to forni the channel a therein also provides a strip whicha is: provided with a transversely inclined'` lowcr-V surlace7 and in forming the sole the',

strip which is removed from the upper suriaceV thereofA to' provide a l channel @therein is severed trom the sole at one end only so ythat there is provided a welt strip Awh'ich is integralwvith the sole and is 'connected ,thereto at one end only. l"Apex-tion of the outer edge of the welt strip thus formed kes removed. so that such strip is of slightly less I width than the channel a which is formed in the sole', and to simplify the manufacture of the sole the outer' portion of such welt strip is convenientlyv removed simultaneously with the cutting out of the strip from the' positioned, the welt strip is positioned over the outwardlyturned portion of thenpper and the welt strip, outer sole and. the interposed portion of the upper are k.united by stitching or other suitable fastening means.

The welt strip is secured in position so thatthe inner edge thereof will hold the upper firmly against the inner shoulder o of the channel a in the outer solo, and=-whcn the welt strip is so secured, the outer edge thereof will lie flush with the outer' edge of the outer sole by reason of the fact that just so much of the outer edge oi the`welt strip is removed as`vvill provide space for the thick ness of the material which is to be secured Y between the inner edge ot' said welt strip and the shoulder rt of the channel c in the outer sole. n

As has been before stated, the welt sthip A is cut from the outer sole A in such a manner as to provide a beveled under surface for the welt strip, the inner edge of such vstrip being of less thickness than the outer edge xliereof. p This construction prevents the formation of a sole which will have a bulkyappearance when the welt stri thereto with the outer edge tliereot' flush, with the outer edge ot' the sole, since the portion ol the welt l provide space for the aeeonuumlation of the out-turned portion ol' the upper is the thickest portion of the strip. .\l reo\'er the movement of the reduced welt strip toward the outer edge of the sole lowers it at vthe suine time owing to the inclination ot the ehunnel` aud thus brings its surface substantially flush with the upper surfaee ot' the sole.

While a ronvenientj enihmlixnent of the iiivention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it will he understood that nuuiy changes may he made to the particular form and construction thereinshown without departing l'roiu the spirit andscope of the invention as delined in the appended claims.

1. As a new article of nnlnul'zmture, a shoe sole lor stitch-down shoes provided with a welt strip having one of its ends integrally connected therelo .said welt strip being otherwise lunfoniu-ctedto said sole.

2. As a new artiele of uialulfueture, a .shoe sole provided with a channel extending along the edge thereof und provided with a welt strip having one of its ends integrally connected thereto at one end `of the channel formed therein, saidwelt strip being otherwise unconnected to said sole.

is securtwl` strip which is removed to 3. As a new article of manufacture, a shoe sole for stitehfdown shoes provided with u channel extending ,along the edge thereof and provided with :t welt strip of less width than the eliannel in the sole and having one ot' its ends inwgrully connected to the sole at one end ot' the channel formed therein, said welt strip being otherwise unconnected to said sole.

it. )is a new article of manufaeture, a shoe sole provided with u channel, which extends along the edge thereof and which has an abrupt inner shoulder and u bottoni surface inf-lined downwardly to the outer edge thereof, and provided with a welt strip which has one oi its ends integrally connected to the sole at one end of the channel formed therein and is otherwise unconnected to said sole, said welt strip being provided with n hottoin surface inclining downwardlyr from the inner to the outer edge thereof, being ol' less width than the channel in the sole, and, when located with its outer edge flush with the outer edgeof the sole, heilig ot' less thiekness than the depth of the portion of said ehannel which it overlies.

In testimony Whereotl I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ADAM II. PRENZEL.-

Witnesses:

C. F. STILL, L. W. RYAN. 

